TY - GEN T1 - The earliest African American literatures : a critical reader A2 - Hutchins, Zachary McLeod A2 - Smith, Cassander L., 1977- LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1289443896 AB - "With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims. Yet the stories of these Africans and their first descendants remain ephemeral and inaccessible for both the general public and educators. This groundbreaking collection of thirty-eight biographical and autobiographical texts chronicles the lives of literary black Africans in British colonial America from 1643 to 1760 and offers new strategies for identifying and interpreting the presence of black Africans in this early period"-- OP - 200 CN - PS508.B53 E18 2021 SN - 9781469665627 SN - 146966562X SN - 9781469665610 SN - 1469665611 SN - 9798890862129 SN - 9781469665597 SN - 146966559X SN - 9781469665603 SN - 1469665603 KW - American literature : African American authors : 17th century. KW - American literature : African American authors : 18th century. KW - American literature : African American authors : History and criticism. KW - African Americans : Biography : Sources. KW - African Americans in literature. KW - Noirs américains dans la littérature. KW - Noirs américains : Biographies : Sources. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American KW - American literature : African American authors KW - African Americans in literature KW - African Americans : Biography KW - 1600-1799 KW - Electronic books. KW - Biography KW - Autobiography KW - autobiographies (literary works) KW - Sources KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Biographies KW - Autobiographies KW - Biographies. KW - Autobiographies. ER -